Pincode 700001 is a 6-digit postal code serving 13 post offices in Kolkata district, West Bengal. KOLKATA GPO is the Head Post Office for this area, located at 22.5736°N, 88.3483°E. The first digit ‘7’ identifies the West Bengal postal region; the full code pinpoints the Kolkata delivery zone.
Victoria Memorial & Maidan
The white marble Victoria Memorial, completed in 1921, houses a museum of 25,000 artifacts charting Bengal and British India's history. It overlooks the vast Maidan — Kolkata's 'lungs' — where cricket, football, and political rallies have shaped the city's soul.
Read on Wikipedia →| Post Office | Type |
|---|---|
| KOLKATA GPO | Head Post Office |
| Council House Street SO | Post Office |
| Customs House SO | Post Office |
| Khengrapatti SO | Post Office |
| Lalbazar SO | Post Office |
| New Secretariat Building SO | Post Office |
| Radhabazar SO | Post Office |
| Reserve Bank Building SO | Post Office |
| R N Mukherjee Road SO | Post Office |
| Telephone Bhawan SO | Post Office |
| Treasury Building SO | Post Office |
| West Bengal Assembly PO | Post Office |
| Writers Building SO | Post Office |
Data sourced from India Post, Department of Posts, Government of India. Data last verified: May 2026.
Kolkata, West Bengal. Map data: OpenStreetMap, CARTO.
Cantilever steel bridge over the Hooghly River — Kolkata's iconic 1943 spans linking the city to Howrah Station.
Founded 1814 — the oldest museum in India and Asia-Pacific, holding the Bharhut stupa railings and Egyptian mummies.
White Makrana-marble memorial to Queen Victoria built between 1906 and 1921 — Kolkata's defining colonial monument.
One of the 51 Shakti Peethas — the spiritual heart of Bengali Kali worship, where the goddess's right toes are said to have fallen.
Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission — Vivekananda's 1898 syncretic complex on the Hooghly's west bank.
1855 Bhavatarini Kali temple on the Hooghly's east bank — Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's spiritual home for 30 years.